Classics and Religious Studies

Departmental Honors

Departmental honors are awarded to students who, upon invitation by the faculty, complete a senior honors thesis. Departmental honors candidates must have a minimum overall average of 3.0 and a minimum departmental average of 3.5. The program, completed in the candidate’s senior year, consists of completion of CLSICS 495: Senior Seminar in the fall and CLSICS 490, GREEK 490, or LATIN 490 (3 credits) in the spring.

Programs

• Classical Languages Major (BA)
• Classical Studies Major (BA)

• Classical Languages Minor
• Classical Studies Minor
• Religious Studies Minor

Courses

• RELSTY 239L - Hindu Myth and Narrative: the Epics and Puranas
• RELSTY 241 - Myth, History, and Prophecy: Old Testament
• RELSTY 241L - Myth, History, and Prophecy: Old Testament
• RELSTY 242 - Origins of Christianity: From Jesus to Constantine
• RELSTY 242L - Origins of Christianity: From Jesus to Constantine
• RELSTY 245 - The History of Christianity
• RELSTY 271L - Religion and the Arts
• RELSTY 280 - Special Topics
• RELSTY 309 - Approaches to the Study of Religion: Theory and Method in Religious Studies
• RELSTY 310 - Apocalypse and the End of the World
• RELSTY 311L - The Fall of Rome
• RELSTY 312 - Mysticism
• RELSTY 314L - Meditation Tradition of Asia
• RELSTY 335L - Literature and the Arts of the Islamic World
• RELSTY 356L - Faiths & Feminisms: Women, Gender, Sexuality & Religion in the U.S.
• RELSTY 357L - Women in South Asian Religions: Gender Ideology and Practice in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam
• RELSTY 358L - Psychology, Politics, and Philosophy in East Asia
• RELSTY 478 - Independent Study
• RELSTY 479 - Independent Study